[Buildroot] Still no answer for a contribution -- "me too"

Hamish Moffatt hamish at cloud.net.au
Fri Jun 13 14:09:23 UTC 2008


On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 05:44:44AM -0700, Brian Beattie wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 22:05 +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> 
> > Personally even though I have commit access I think it is still good to
> > discuss anything remotely controversial before committing it. Most
> > changes (new packages, package updates) don't fall in that category of
> > course.
> 
> I have a change I'd love to discuss.  I have asked twice now about the
> correct place to add support for a new board and have received no
> response whatever.
> 
> This makes me sceptical of even trying to submit a patch.
> 
> try #3, I would like to add support for a board from KwikByte based on
> the at91rm9200 processor. should I add it to target/device/Atmel or
> should I create a new directory target/device/KwikByte or some other
> location.
> 
> I have a patch for the first option.

I don't know the answer.
Is the board made by Atmel or some other vendor? Are the other boards in
target/device/Atmel all made by Atmel or a mix of vendors? I guess it
should follow the lead of the other boards.

The Atmel guys seem to be suggesting it should go in
target/device/KwikByte.

Hamish
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Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish at debian.org> <hamish at cloud.net.au>



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